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Upernavik Kujalleq Søndre Upernavik
Upernavik Kujalleq
Upernavik KujalleqLocation within Greenland
Coordinates: 72°09′16″N 55°31′29″W / 72.15444°N 55.52472°W / 72.15444; -55.52472
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Founded	1855
Population
• Total	201
Time zone	UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code	3962 Upernavik

Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: Upernavik Kujatdleq), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Founded in 1855 as a trading station on Qeqertaq Island, the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.

Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Kujalleq is the only settlement on Qeqertaq Island, which is the second largest island of Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. It is located near Qugdlungut, the southernmost point of the island, and features a heliport,

Transport

On weekdays, Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport to Kangersuatsiaq and Upernavik.

Population

The population of Upernavik Kujalleq has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.

References

1. Qaasuitsup Municipality Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
2. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
3. "Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
4. ^ "Statistics Greenland". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-05-05.

v t e Cities, towns, and villages in Greenland
Avannaata	Aappilattoq Ikerasak Ilimanaq Illorsuit Ilulissat Innaarsuit Kangersuatsiaq Kullorsuaq Naajaat Niaqornat Nutaarmiut Nuugaatsiaq Nuussuaq Oqaatsut Qaanaaq Qaarsut Qeqertaq Qeqertat Saattut Saqqaq Savissivik Siorapaluk Tasiusaq Ukkusissat Upernavik Upernavik Kujalleq Uummannaq
Kujalleq	Aappilattoq Alluitsup Paa Ammassivik Eqalugaarsuit Igaliku Nanortalik Narsaq Narsarmijit Narsarsuaq Qaqortoq Qassiarsuk Qassimiut Qorlortorsuaq Saarloq Tasiusaq
Qeqertalik	Aasiaat Akunnaaq Attu Iginniarfik Ikamiut Ikerasaarsuk Qasigiannguit Qeqertarsuaq Kangerluk Kangaatsiaq Kitsissuarsuit Niaqornaarsuk
Qeqqata	Atammik Itilleq Kangaamiut Kangerlussuaq Maniitsoq Napasoq Sarfannguit Sisimiut
Sermersooq	Arsuk Isertoq Ittoqqortoormiit Kangilinnguit Kapisillit Kulusuk Kuummiit Nuuk Paamiut Qeqertarsuatsiaat Sermiligaaq Tasiilaq Tiilerilaaq

• Populated places in Greenland
• Populated places of Arctic Greenland
• Upernavik Archipelago
• Populated places established in 1855
• Avannaata
• 1855 establishments in the Danish colonial empire